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SubjectRe: [PATCH] fixed a macro coding style issue
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 07:15:12AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 10:37:55PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 01:20:56PM +0800, Baodong Chen wrote:
> > > Fixed a coding style issue in driver/input/input.c
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Baodong Chen <chenbdchenbd@gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/input/input.c | 6 ++++--
> > > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/input/input.c b/drivers/input/input.c
> > > index 8921c61..c96e983 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/input/input.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/input/input.c
> > > @@ -845,11 +845,13 @@ int input_set_keycode(struct input_dev *dev,
> > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(input_set_keycode);
> > >
> > > #define MATCH_BIT(bit, max) \
> > > + do { \
> > > for (i = 0; i < BITS_TO_LONGS(max); i++) \
> > > if ((id->bit[i] & dev->bit[i]) != id->bit[i]) \
> > > break; \
> > > - if (i != BITS_TO_LONGS(max)) \
> > > - continue;
> > > + if (i != BITS_TO_LONGS(max)) \
> > > + continue; \
> > > + } while (0)
> >
> > This changes semantics. While current implementation of MATCH_BIT might
> > not be great style, it is not supposed to be used outside of
> > input_match_device(), and the replacement is completely broken.
>
> Replacement is certainly completely broken, but "might not be great style"
> is quite an understatement. Everything else aside, it's too obfuscated
> and ugly for anything outside of IOCCC and too verbose for IOCCC.
>
> Damnit, at least turn that into
> static inline int is_subset(unsigned long *bitmap1, unsigned long *bitmap2, size_t bits)
> {
> int i;
> for (i = BITS_TO_LONGS(bits); i; bitmap1++, bitmap2++, i--)
> if ((*bitmap1 & *bitmap2) != *bitmap1)
> return 0;
> return 1;
> }
> and just before your loop
> /* ignore ones that don't have bits required by id */
> #define MATCH_BIT(array, bits) if (!is_subset(id->array, dev->array, bits)) continue;

Hmm, we already have bitmap_subset(), I think we can simply use it.

> with #undef MATCH_BIT right after the loop, to make it damn clean that it's local.
> And frankly, I'd consider expanding that variant and killing the macro off.
> Macros that affect control flow are vile and actively confusing for reader.

I agree. In my defense it is quite old code...

--
Dmitry


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